clunge
/klʌnd͡ʒ/
"clunge" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clunge” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vulva or vagina.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clunge · clunge · English
clunge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clunge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klʌnd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clunge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clunge is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /klʌnd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for clunge in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: A nonsense word in a rant by McBlane (actor Joseph Brady) in the third series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as "ap yer clunge!" ("up your clunge"). Probably invented by writer David Nobbs to mean "arse". Popularised by British television series Th… The correct English form is clunge, spelled C-L-U-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Vulva or vagina.
- 2Arse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clunge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:clunge.
Etymology
A nonsense word in a rant by McBlane (actor Joseph Brady) in the third series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as "ap yer clunge!" ("up your clunge"). Probably invented by writer David Nobbs to mean "arse". Popularised by British television series The Inbetweeners (from 2008).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.